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Ornette Coleman Quotes about Jazz

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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.

Ornette Coleman
Perseverance, Mistake, Jazz

The human being receives the pleasure from music, not from the argument over what it is.

Ornette Coleman
Music, Jazz, Argument

I wasn't so interested in being paid. I wanted to be heard. That's why I'm broke.

Ornette Coleman
Jazz, Broke, Heard
Esquire, January 2010.

I'm interested in music, not in my image. If someone plays something fantastic, that I could never have thought of, it makes me happy to know it exists.

Ornette Coleman
Music, Play, Jazz

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